*** With SJSU as with all teams, the season doesn’t get easier because you practice more, play more and theoretically get better at things that were not working early.

It’s the opposite: The season gets harder, because what you do is there for all to see, time and time again.

It’s not only about making progress in a certain facet(s) of the game. It’s also about evolving. About staying a step ahead of the competition, about countering their counters, and all the pieces fitting together.

At least, that’s what good teams do.

The others just stagnate.

*** Joe Gray continued to make rookie mistakes, although not a week goes by that I don’t watch him deliver the ball and wonder why in the world Blake Jurich was given the start for three games.

I also wonder how much better Gray would be if he had those three starts and Jurich’s 80-odd passes.

Maybe no better at all.

Maybe incrementally better.

Maybe better enough to have made a difference against Nevada, Colorado State or Fresno State.

We’ll never know.

Next up: vs. Hawaii.

The matchup: Favorable.

Highly favorable.

Hawaii is one of the worst teams in all FBS, with two wins this season — both at home, both against worse teams that SJSU.

On the road, UH has been awful: 0-4, with every loss by at least a touchdown.

And in this case, they’re on the second leg of back-to-back games on the Mainland, after getting thumped at Colorado State by four touchdowns (and it wasn’t that close).

This is an ideal opportunity for the Spartans to make fixes, gain confidence and, if it’s lopsided, rest some starters — whatever is required to give themselves the best chance to win in Logan six days later.

*** SJSU is favored by 10 points, which tells you a little about Hawaii.

If it’s close in the fourth quarter, the Spartans have even more issues than it appears.